Leaf 120–200 × 3–5 mm, base red. Flower stem 120–240 mm tall, relatively thick, 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers 8–10 × 12–15 mm, on long ovaries (10–14 mm long), dull white or greenish white, externally greenish with red bands; labellum pink with narrow, dark red bars, midlobe pale yellow; basal calli yellow, main calli white; column greenish with short red bars. Dorsal sepal 11–14 × 2.5–3.5 mm, incurved. Lateral sepals 11–14 × 3–3.5 mm. Petals 10–13 × 3–3.5 mm. Labellum 5–6 × 5.5–6.5 mm; lateral lobes with 4–6 apical teeth; midlobe porrect to recurved, with 6–12 very short marginal teeth. Calli in 2 rows nearly to base of midlobe. Column 5.5–6.5 × 2.5 mm, narrowly winged.
Highly localised; growing in coastal scrub and heathy forest in freely draining, sandy loam. Frequently found growing close to grass trees (Xanthorrhoea spp.) and sometimes within the skirt of leaves.
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